Increase in social grants but who will ensure they are paid?
The South African Social Security Agency has yet to approach the Constitutional Court in a bid to extend its contract with CPS/Net1
22 February 2017 - 14:39
While Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has announced increases to social grants‚ the uncertainty around how beneficiaries will be paid come April 1 remains. In his speech‚ Gordhan announced that the old age‚ disability and care dependency grants would all increase R90 per month to R1‚600. Foster care grants will increase R30 to R920 per month, and child support grants by R20 to R380 per month. Gordhan said the grants "provide income support to the most vulnerable in our society" and said the increase in April would be to compensate for consumer price inflation.
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